COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OPINIONS

State vs. Joseph Alley
02C01-9405-CC-00100


Trial Court Judge: David G. Hayes

State vs. Charles Smith
02C01-9708-CC-00311

State vs. David L. Hathaway
01C01-9703-CR-00094

State vs. Ealey
03C01-9609-CR-00333

State vs. Joseph Rhinerson
02C01-9608-CC-00265


Trial Court Judge: Julian P. Guinn

03C01-9607-CR-00274
03C01-9607-CR-00274

03C01-9610-CR-00358
03C01-9610-CR-00358

03C01-9605-CC-00194
03C01-9605-CC-00194

03C01-9609-CC-00345
03C01-9609-CC-00345

03C01-9606-CR-00236
03C01-9606-CR-00236

03C01-9612-CR-00459
03C01-9612-CR-00459

State vs. Vernon West & Derenzy Turner
02C01-9512-CR-00390


Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

03C01-9602-CC-00066
03C01-9602-CC-00066


Trial Court Judge: R. Steven Bebb

Than Those Articulated By The Majority. The Majority Relies Upon State v. Marshall,
03C01-9602-CC-00066


Trial Court Judge: R. Steven Bebb

03C01-9603-CC-00099
03C01-9603-CC-00099


Trial Court Judge: R. Jerry Beck

State vs. Jimmy Robinson
02C01-9603-CC-00079

State vs. William Johnson
02C01-9605-CR-00136


Trial Court Judge: Carolyn Wade Blackett

State vs. Johnny Perry
02C01-9605-CR-00160


Trial Court Judge: L. Terry Lafferty

Barry Wells vs. Ron Rickard
02C01-9610-CV-00358


Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III

Barry Wells vs. Ron Rickard
02C01-9610-CV-00358


Trial Court Judge: Joseph H. Walker, III

State vs. James Harvest
02C01-9506-CC-00167


Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

State vs. James Harvest
02C01-9506-CC-00167


Trial Court Judge: Jon Kerry Blackwood

State vs. Freddie Mans
02C01-9605-CR-00147


Trial Court Judge: W. Fred Axley

State of Tennessee vs. John Claude Wells, III
01C01-9505-CR-00146

Authoring Judge: Presiding Judge Joe B. Jones
Trial Court Judge: Judge Ann Lacy Johns

The appellant, John Claude Wells, III, (defendant), was convicted of nine (9) counts of aggravated sexual battery, a Class B felony, by a jury of his peers. The trial court, finding the defendant to be a standard offender, imposed a Range I sentence consisting of confinement for ten (10) years in the Department of Correction in each of the nine counts. The sentences must be served consecutively. The effective sentence imposed was confinement for ninety (90) years in the Department of Correction.

State of Tennessee vs. Eldred Reid
01C01-9511-CC-00390

Authoring Judge: Judge William M. Barker
Trial Court Judge: Judge J. S. Daniel

The Appellant, Eldreid Reid, appeals as of right his conviction and sentence for one count of rape. He argues on appeal:

 (1) The trial court erred when it permitted the State to introduce evidence that Dorey Horton’s daughter had charged her with assault.
(2) The trial court erred in refusing to permit him to elicit certain testimony from Dorey Horton and in not allowing him to make an offer of proof regarding that testimony.
(3) The trial court erred when it prohibited him from introducing testimony that the first grand jury which considered the case returned a no true bill.
(4) His sentence is excessive.

We have reviewed the record presented in this appeal and find no reversible error. Accordingly, we affirm the Appellant’s conviction and sentence.